Ironing-board.



PATENTED SEPT. 17, 19 07.

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APPLICATION FILED MAR. 6. 1905- V Orlando Moore a? mw w ORLANDO MOORE, OF VISALIA, CALIFORNIA.

IRONING-BOARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 17, 1907.

Application filed March 6,1905. Serial No. 248,771.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ORIJANDO Moonn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Visalia, in the county of Tulare and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lroningBoards; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and the characters of reference marked there on, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in ironing boards, and particularly to that class designated as adjustable boards, my object being to produce such a board as may be easily and handily adjusted to any height desired, and also be folded and put away when not in use. This object I accomplish by the peculiar construction and relative arrangement and adaptation of parts herein fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims appended.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 designates a side elevation of my improved board as it appears when in position for work. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of an adjusting device secured to the under side of the board. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of a sleeve board attachment. Fig. 4 is an end view of my improved board. Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of one end of my improved board. Fig. 6 is a view showing a screw threaded stud on the bottom of the board. Fig. 7 is across sectional view of a plate carried by the board and forming a portion of the adjusting device shown in Fig. 2.

1 designates the board proper. 2 is a cleat across the bottom of the said board at the inner end. 3 and 4 are angle irons secured to a wall or other place at suitable distances apart and provided in their outwardly extending sides with spaced orifices, those in one being just opposite those in the other. 6 is a plate firmly secured to the bottom of the said board 1 on one side of the inner end thereof. Said plate is provided at its outside end with an outwardly projecting stud 7, adapted to enter one of the orifices in the member 3. 8 is a similar plate pivotally secured on the bottom of' the board 1 at the inner end and on the side opposite the plate 6 and provided with a stud 9 similar to the stud 7, and adapted to enter one of the apertures in the member 4 and also provided with a downwardly projecting lug 10. Said plate 8 works in a slot 11 in the cleat 2 and is pressed outward by means of a spring 12 secured to 'the bottom of the said board 1.

Attached in any suitable manner, but preferably by screws to the under face of the board 1, near its outer end is a plate 13 having depending side edges with the terminals of the depending portions turned outwardly in opposite directions as shown at 13, 14, the depending portions provided with spaced apertures represented at 15.

16 is a hinged support at the inner end of which are pivotallysecured bars 17 provided with studs 18 adapted to fit into the orifices 15, said bars being provided with downwardly projecting lugs 19. 20 is a spring secured to the bottom of the hinged support 16 between the bars 17 and adapted to hold the studs 18 in engagement with the orifices 15. The member 19 bears by its outer or' free end against the structure upon which the members 3 and 4 are secured, and thus firmly supports the device in position without the necessity for making sockets or other disfigurements in the fioor. The hinged support 16 is provided with a stay 16 which is hinged at 17 to said hinged support, the hinged support being itself hinged at 18 to a board 19 that rests upon the fioor.

21 is a sleeve board and 22 is a small longitudinal slot in said sleeve board.

23 is a threaded stud or bolt secured to the bottom of the board 1 and adapted to fit through the slot 22, and 24 is a wing nut on said bolt for the purpose of tightening the said sleeve board in position as desired.

The operation is as follows: When it is desired to set the ironing board in position the stud 7 is inserted in one of the orifices 5 in the iron 3 at any desired height. The stud 9 is then pressed back by means of the finger lug 1 0 and brought in a line with one of the orifices in the iron 4 just opposite the orifice in which is the stud 7. Said tongue is then allowed to spring into the said orifice and be held therein by means of the spring 12. The support 16 is then set at the desired position by means of the bars 17 and studs 18 being suitably set in one set of the orifices 15 and held there by means of the spring 20.

The sleeve board 21 when not in use is turned under the board 1' and fastened by means of the nut 24. When it is desired to use the same the said nut is loosened and the sleeve board turned and adjusted by means of the slot 22 into any position desired and then tightened in position by means of the nut 24.

I have now entered into a detailed description of the construction and relative arrangement of parts embraced in the present and preferred embodiment of my invention. 1 do not desire however to be understood as confining myself to such specific detail as such changes and modifications may be made in practice as fairly fall within the scope of my claims.

Having described, my invention, 1 claim 1. The combination with an ironing board having a stationary bar and a swinging bar at the inner end, said bars having outwardly extending studs at their free ends, means for yieldably supporting said movable bar, supporting members having means for connecting to a stationary structure and provided with spaced apertures with which said studs are adapted to be detachably engaged, a brace member swinging at one end from said board and with a plate swinging from the free end of said brace and bearing upon the floor and against the stationary structure to which the board is attached.

2. The combination with an ironing board, a stationary bar and a swinging bar connected to said board at one end and provided with out-turned studs, spaced members adapted to be secured to a stationary support and provided with spaced apertures for receiving said lateral studs, a spring operating to maintain said swinging bar yieldably in engagement with one of said spaced members, a plate connectcd beneath said board and provided with depending edges having transverse apertures, a brace having bars swinging at one end therefrom and provided with outturned studs for detachably engaging the apertures in the depending edges of said plate, a spring operating to maintain said swinging bars in distended position, a plate swinging from the free end of said brace member and bearing upon the floor over which the board is disposed and against the supporting structure, and a stay member swinging from said brace and bearing against said board.

In testimony whereof -I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ORLANDO MOORE.

Witnesses:

Pnncr S. WEBs'rnn, JosHUA B. WEBSTER. 

